For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit, 1Pt3.18 NKJV
We are given the reason for Christ’s death many places in Scripture. Here it simply states that He suffered for our sin “that He might bring us to God.“ I would think that the word “might,” suggests something important. Actually the word “might” implies possibility and potentiality. In other words, Christ’s death was that He might lead us to God but that may or may not occur, depending upon whether we follow Him.
There are other factors involved of course, but certainly our choice to come to God through Christ is one of them. And, I would think this is not only access in the ultimate sense of heaven and hell but in a daily sense as well. We are invited to live each day “coram deo,” that is, before the face of God. Christ death has made this possible. But how much of this we experience each moment, depends on how aggressive is our faith to use it. 11/14/07 ts
Just me trying to be honest with God.
